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>> harry reid really has to put up or shut up, all right? so harry, who are your sources? >> senator reid says his source is an investor at mitt romney's former firm, bain capital. the two men have been engaged in a war of words over romney's decision to not release more than two years' of tax returns. senator reid is not backing down either. >> the word's out that he hasn't paid any taxes for ten years. let him prove that he has paid taxes, because he hasn't. >> all right. today mitt romney denied the allegations, again, as you saw. political analyst roland martin has been following this story for us. he's "outfront," along with "national review" senior editor, ranesh peru. roland, mitt romney is saying, i've paid taxes every year. anyone saying anything to the contrary is wrong, put up or shut up. but senator reid is not backing down. why? >> again, because what they want to do is to force mitt romney to own up to these potential tax shelters, to reveal the information. and, so, remember, his dad set the precedent when he released 12 years
>> harry reid really has to put up or shut up, all right? so harry, who are your sources? >> senator reid says his source is an investor at mitt romney's former firm, bain capital. the two men have been engaged in a war of words over romney's decision to not release more than two years' of tax returns. senator reid is not backing down either. >> the word's out that he hasn't paid any taxes for ten years. let him prove that he has paid taxes, because he hasn't. >> all...
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. >> harry reid has conceded on nothing. he has said he refuses even to talk, he refuses to compromise, he refuses to budge. >> now the government lies in wait for the potential impact of this impasse, also known as a partial government shutdown. >> how dare you? how dare you? how dare you presume a failure? the fact is, the fact is this country is based on people saying they won't do things, and at the end of the day, coming together for compromise. >> of course it is, congressman issa, but to be fair, this congress has compromised so rarely that it's passed fewer than 40 bills in the past ten months, and even so, this wouldn't exactly be the first shutdown ever. >> past government shutdowns have disrupted the economy. this shutdown would, too. a shutdown would be a purely self-inflicted wound. >> but if congress fails to compromise before midnight tonight, about a quarter of government workers, the ones deemed nonessential, will have forced and potentially unpaid time off starting tomorrow. >> and we have liftoff. >> that
. >> harry reid has conceded on nothing. he has said he refuses even to talk, he refuses to compromise, he refuses to budge. >> now the government lies in wait for the potential impact of this impasse, also known as a partial government shutdown. >> how dare you? how dare you? how dare you presume a failure? the fact is, the fact is this country is based on people saying they won't do things, and at the end of the day, coming together for compromise. >> of course it is,...
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if you want to side with harry reid, fine. if not, i've said what i'm saying on this. >> have mitt romney done what he's supposed to have done back in march, guess what, erin, we wouldn't even be having this conversation. >> we wouldn't, but it was a very enjoyable one. thank you. >>> up next, how good news on the job market is forcing a state to lay people off. we'll explain that one, because it's pretty amazing. >>> and baseball's iron man, cal ripken jr. speaks out for the first time about his mother's abduction at gunpoint. so we invg you can feel. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with a patented safety alert seat. when there's danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. it's something you're born with. and inspires the things you choose to do. you do what you do... because it matters. at hwe don't just believe in the power of technology. we believe in the powe
if you want to side with harry reid, fine. if not, i've said what i'm saying on this. >> have mitt romney done what he's supposed to have done back in march, guess what, erin, we wouldn't even be having this conversation. >> we wouldn't, but it was a very enjoyable one. thank you. >>> up next, how good news on the job market is forcing a state to lay people off. we'll explain that one, because it's pretty amazing. >>> and baseball's iron man, cal ripken jr. speaks...
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you cannot defend harry reid on this, you can? >> you watch me. >> harry reid doubled down on this. he went on the floor of the senate and said well, it's out there that he hasn't paid for ten years. it's only out there because he said it two days ago without any evidence whatsoever. >> there is ton tons of evidence. the one release that he prettied up and turned -- >> evidence he has not paid taxes for ten years? >> evidence of tax avoidance. incredibly tax avoidance. >> that's not what harry reid said. >> they are pointing out this guy has an incredible history of tax avoidance. the shell corporation in bermuda, cayman islands and switzerland bank accounts and in bermuda. whatever that is. this guy goes to -- freshman philosophy. when you are confronted with something, you have limited information and you choose the simplest most obvious choice. what do you think it is? is he secretly owning the bunny ranch brothel? i don't. he is a man of extraordinary personal morality. he has impeccable moral character. i don't think he is like secretly owning liquor stores that sell to childre
you cannot defend harry reid on this, you can? >> you watch me. >> harry reid doubled down on this. he went on the floor of the senate and said well, it's out there that he hasn't paid for ten years. it's only out there because he said it two days ago without any evidence whatsoever. >> there is ton tons of evidence. the one release that he prettied up and turned -- >> evidence he has not paid taxes for ten years? >> evidence of tax avoidance. incredibly tax...
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when mitt romney could shut up harry reid. >> harry reid has to put up or shut up. harry, who are your sources? >> the last comment at romney's press conference in vegas on friday. michael shear, you're co-author of a piece in which you said it was hardly out of character for the cantankerous harry trooed hurl a taunting accusation at romney. took several days, but you made reid the issue. >> and i think -- i think when people make unsubstantiated -- charges with absolutely no proof behind them, you know, one option is to ignore them. and -- for the media. that's not really an option here. he goes to the senate floor, as you saw. i think the best we can do is to, a, demand that he give us the proof. and if he doesn't, clearly say as we did in the piece in the first sentence, it's unsubstantiated. >> now harry reid said that he had gotten this from some unnamed person, used to work at bain. won't reveal it. he thinks it's true. he told use -- an original interview with the "huffington post" which reported it straight except for saying it's impossible to verify becaus
when mitt romney could shut up harry reid. >> harry reid has to put up or shut up. harry, who are your sources? >> the last comment at romney's press conference in vegas on friday. michael shear, you're co-author of a piece in which you said it was hardly out of character for the cantankerous harry trooed hurl a taunting accusation at romney. took several days, but you made reid the issue. >> and i think -- i think when people make unsubstantiated -- charges with absolutely no...
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harry reid was on the senate floor as you probably heard. he indicated he may be talking with mitch mcconnell later today, and he said that he was confident there might be some kind of deal in the works or that republicans may relent and give them the clean debt ceiling bill and the clean continuing resolution bill they have been seeking, but it's all very much in the air. but at least we can report at this point, miguel, that things have settled down outside the white house, although i can tell you that there are some vehicles going down pennsylvania avenue, park police vehicles, with their sirens on in case you're hearing some of that noise. >> we can hear that. >> reporter: but for the most part things have settled down here. >> these protests though are very emotional obviously. the veterans, many groups have not been happy with this administration and have expressed their concerns with them. they have been growing over the days. there were world war ii vets that went owe the memorial to begin with. congressmen went out there to open the
harry reid was on the senate floor as you probably heard. he indicated he may be talking with mitch mcconnell later today, and he said that he was confident there might be some kind of deal in the works or that republicans may relent and give them the clean debt ceiling bill and the clean continuing resolution bill they have been seeking, but it's all very much in the air. but at least we can report at this point, miguel, that things have settled down outside the white house, although i can...
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that was harry reid saying "i'm not certain." you think not being certain about the truth of an explosive allegation, you'd keep it to yourself, right? instead, senator reid, the highest ranking democrat in congress, went further with some local reporters saying he had a, quote, number of people tell me that, unquote. so it went from one person telling him to, now, a number of people. then today he went even further. >> so the word's out that he hasn't paid any taxes for ten years. let him prove that he has paid taxes because he hasn't. >> okay. so now this is on the floor of the senate. he's now saying the word is out. well, the word is out because senator reid put it out. what he hasn't put out is anything that anyone can check. not the name of his source. not anything. here's what republican senator john mccain told me about this earlier today. harry reid on the floor of the senate today reiterated this idea that mitt romney has not paid taxes for ten years. he said, and i quote, on the floor of the senate, so the word's out h
that was harry reid saying "i'm not certain." you think not being certain about the truth of an explosive allegation, you'd keep it to yourself, right? instead, senator reid, the highest ranking democrat in congress, went further with some local reporters saying he had a, quote, number of people tell me that, unquote. so it went from one person telling him to, now, a number of people. then today he went even further. >> so the word's out that he hasn't paid any taxes for ten...
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>> i am with harry reid to move towards a solution. i am with harry reid to work on a solution with speaker boehner. the reason i'm with harry reid is that we cannot fall and we cannot falter in allowing america to default on debt and also to have the downgrading of our debt. everything i believe in, the protection of social security and veteran's benefits and health care and medicare. we would lose if we default. it would be the biggest tax on the american people when interest rates go sky high. their mortgage will go sky high and students loans and car loans. we cannot allow this to happen. >> i assume you are also not only with harry reid, but with the president who was even willing to make cuts in entitlement spending like social security, medicare, and medicaid if necessary to get a deal with the republicans? >> the president was working for a deal that also included not only reform and entitlements, but revenue. that is now off the table. what harry reid is suggesting is not only cuts in spending, but we will cut defense. we will
>> i am with harry reid to move towards a solution. i am with harry reid to work on a solution with speaker boehner. the reason i'm with harry reid is that we cannot fall and we cannot falter in allowing america to default on debt and also to have the downgrading of our debt. everything i believe in, the protection of social security and veteran's benefits and health care and medicare. we would lose if we default. it would be the biggest tax on the american people when interest rates go...
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you didn't ask me about harry reid. i've been around this town for a while. i actually like harry. but what he did on the floor of the senate is so out of bounds. i think he's lying about his statement of knowing something about romney. this is what's wrong with -- >> that's pretty stiff. you think the leader of the senate is lying? >> i really do. i think he has created an issue here. i think he's making things up. and at a time when the country is just about to fall apart. cyber security. there's a bipartisan desire to do this. there's plenty of blame to go around. but, candy, we're running out of time as a nation. let's start talking about the real issues that matter to real people and i just can't let that pass. i just cannot believe that the majority leader of the united states senate would take the floor twice, make accusations that are absolutely unfounded, in my view, and quite frankly making things up to divert the ca campaign away from the real issues. >> lindsey graham, thank you so much. >>> mitt romney says that president obama's jobs plan is all wrong. >> the idea of
you didn't ask me about harry reid. i've been around this town for a while. i actually like harry. but what he did on the floor of the senate is so out of bounds. i think he's lying about his statement of knowing something about romney. this is what's wrong with -- >> that's pretty stiff. you think the leader of the senate is lying? >> i really do. i think he has created an issue here. i think he's making things up. and at a time when the country is just about to fall apart. cyber...
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doesn't harry reid have to stand up now and issue a public apology to mitt romney? >> my guess is harry reid would feel better if he actually saw the returns instead of a letter from a bunch of accountants swearing that mitt romney paid taxes. >> you're saying the accountants are lying? >> no. i'm just saying i'm not sure that harry reid is feeling too contrite about this until mitt romney actually shows what he's done. >> i think -- stop for one moment. i think he should be feeling contrite. i don't think it's good enough for harry reid, who stands up with all the power of the senate behind him, and basically says mitt romney paid no tax, fact, when it turns out to be an absolute load of baloney. i don't look at these figures and feel outraged. >> i'm not sure that we need to feel outraged at mitt romney's personal situation. i agree with katie, he's extraordinarily generous giving all that money to his church. what i think we should feel outrage is sort of the double standard by which he's operating now and saying that -- this goes back to the point that henry mad
doesn't harry reid have to stand up now and issue a public apology to mitt romney? >> my guess is harry reid would feel better if he actually saw the returns instead of a letter from a bunch of accountants swearing that mitt romney paid taxes. >> you're saying the accountants are lying? >> no. i'm just saying i'm not sure that harry reid is feeling too contrite about this until mitt romney actually shows what he's done. >> i think -- stop for one moment. i think he...
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we've heard harry reid speak. nancy pelosi and harry reid took a lot of questions. the president of the united states is completely quiet. is he going to say anything or just stay in his lair? >> i don't know with that. we're wondering if it was possible earlier this evening. because the speaker of the house was coming out. and those democratic leaders from congress, harry reid and nancy pelosi, came out. but i can't really surmaze why the president did or did not come out. he did talk to a white house official who said if you look at what happened in that meeting, if you listen to what they said coming out, it is obvious no progress was made. that was plain to see and hear as we were standing outside the west wing. i was there as john boehner walked out for a few moments. and up that harry rood received took questions. john boehner took no questions. we want to continue on the resolution. and he said, and the white house won't do that and democrats won't do that. and he walked off. and then harry reid and most pelosi, it was striking to me. harry reid said we are l
we've heard harry reid speak. nancy pelosi and harry reid took a lot of questions. the president of the united states is completely quiet. is he going to say anything or just stay in his lair? >> i don't know with that. we're wondering if it was possible earlier this evening. because the speaker of the house was coming out. and those democratic leaders from congress, harry reid and nancy pelosi, came out. but i can't really surmaze why the president did or did not come out. he did talk to...
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this time harry reid is involved with mitch mcconnell. what do we anticipate happening during the course of today. >> was we speak, president obama has been out making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with youngsters at this food pantry in d.c. to try to highlight some of the effects of the shutdown and to show many of the volunteers at this pantry are furloughed workers, folks who have not been working and using their time for a good cause. i think he's trying to kind of maybe some folks don't always have a ton of sympathy for government workers but he's certainly trying to show some there, as well. he will took this opportunity to really i think ratchet up a little bit of pressure on the house of representatives. he said there is some progress on the senate side. he said, but he also called the government shutdown completely unnecessary. he acknowledged, as well that there are certainly differences. and he said we stand a good chance, this is not a quote but just sort of broad strokes when he said we stand a good chance of defaulting
this time harry reid is involved with mitch mcconnell. what do we anticipate happening during the course of today. >> was we speak, president obama has been out making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with youngsters at this food pantry in d.c. to try to highlight some of the effects of the shutdown and to show many of the volunteers at this pantry are furloughed workers, folks who have not been working and using their time for a good cause. i think he's trying to kind of maybe some...
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let us start out with harry reid. you heard senator lindsey graham saying he thinks reid is lying, that he is making this up when he gets on the senate floor and senator reid says, i've been told that mitt romney has not paid taxes for ten years. i spoke to a democrat yesterday who's in touch with the re-elect -- obama re-elect in chicago who said if chicago wanted reid to stop, he would stop, but chicago doesn't want him. are you just as happy to have him out here saying these things? >> look. i think it's important that we know the financial backgrounds of candidates. you saw lindsey graham i think appropriately talk about the role that tax loopholes play in our tax code and how much it costs average taxpayers. we're going to have a pretty big debate about tax reform in the next coming months, and we have to know what's in people's tax returns and what they're getting the benefit for. candy, if mitt romney -- >> mitt romney didn't make the loopholes, and no one's saying he did anything wrong. >> well, we don't know
let us start out with harry reid. you heard senator lindsey graham saying he thinks reid is lying, that he is making this up when he gets on the senate floor and senator reid says, i've been told that mitt romney has not paid taxes for ten years. i spoke to a democrat yesterday who's in touch with the re-elect -- obama re-elect in chicago who said if chicago wanted reid to stop, he would stop, but chicago doesn't want him. are you just as happy to have him out here saying these things? >>...
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that harry reid lied. we're going to sit here right now -- >> i said that. >> and say it's a genius political move? >> we have to wrap up this conversation. >> yeah. >> let me ask you this final question. because when you get right down to it, there was a new poll out in ohio. the eight largest newspapers in ohio did this poll. it showed that 9 out of 10 independent voters have already made up their mind. the rest, they kind of don't really care. they're disenfranchised. then everybody else has made up their mind. so the question is, does any of this matter at all? will? >> yeah, i think it matters less than we'd like to believe. i think l.z. and i talked about this a little bit last nigh. bill maher did a piece on this on friday. the undecided voter, the independent, deep thinking, undecided voter, are they really sitting here waiting for the last details on mitt romney's tax return? i don't know. i have no idea what they're waiting around on. >> l.z., they might be waiting for that big debate that's comi
that harry reid lied. we're going to sit here right now -- >> i said that. >> and say it's a genius political move? >> we have to wrap up this conversation. >> yeah. >> let me ask you this final question. because when you get right down to it, there was a new poll out in ohio. the eight largest newspapers in ohio did this poll. it showed that 9 out of 10 independent voters have already made up their mind. the rest, they kind of don't really care. they're...
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. >> but harry reid doubled down. went on the floor of the senate and said well, you know, it's out there that he hasn't paid ten years. it is only out there because harry reid said it two days ago without any evidence of it. >> first off, there's tons of evidence. there's evidence of tax avoidance, incredibly aggressive tax avoidance. >> harry reid said there's evidence he hasn't paid taxes in ten years. >> he is pointing out he has a long, incredible history of tax avoidance. shell corporation in bermuda, cayman islands, swiss bank accounts, blocker corporation in bermuda, whatever that is. and freshman philosophy. when confronted with something with limited information, you choose the simplest, most obvious choice. what do you think it is, anderson. do you think he secretly owns the bunny ranch brothel? i don't. he is a man of extraordinary personal morality. impeccable personal moral character. i don't think he is secretly owning inner-city liquor stores that sell to children. no, i think -- i am trying to show it
. >> but harry reid doubled down. went on the floor of the senate and said well, you know, it's out there that he hasn't paid ten years. it is only out there because harry reid said it two days ago without any evidence of it. >> first off, there's tons of evidence. there's evidence of tax avoidance, incredibly aggressive tax avoidance. >> harry reid said there's evidence he hasn't paid taxes in ten years. >> he is pointing out he has a long, incredible history of tax...
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remember, harry reid is not a young man. you know, what's interesting is that i have a lot of respect for harry reid. i read his life story. and this guy, he represents the american dream. he represents what a lot of -- i speak to millions of black males across the country, and he represents what we go through in terms of fighting to get what we deserve. and i think harry reid is a great man. i have a lot of respect for him. what i will say is that his comment obviously is not appropriate, but it's certainly accurate. we know that speaking a certain way would have kept president obama from being re-elected. so we have to ask ourselves, are we really judging this person by the content of his character and his capability set or are we judging him on superficial traits such as what he looks like? because we know what harry reid said is true. now as a country what are we going to do with that information? well, black history month's coming up. so maybe it's a good opportunity to explore that. >> the president has released a stat
remember, harry reid is not a young man. you know, what's interesting is that i have a lot of respect for harry reid. i read his life story. and this guy, he represents the american dream. he represents what a lot of -- i speak to millions of black males across the country, and he represents what we go through in terms of fighting to get what we deserve. and i think harry reid is a great man. i have a lot of respect for him. what i will say is that his comment obviously is not appropriate, but...
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>> i said harry reid was winning as well. it's one of these sad situations in politics where the truth is kind of besides the point. when you're talking about who's winning and losing, harry reid has kept it in the headlines and that's what he wanted to do and every day we talk about it mitt romney is losing. >> always good to see you. next a happy birthday to a true original. powerful and secure cloud.ually that cloud is in the network, so it can deliver all the power of the network itself. bringing people together to develop the best ideas -- and providing the apps and computing power to make new ideas real. it's the cloud from at&t. with new ways to work together, business works better. ♪ with new ways to work together, business works better. [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. >>> we'd
>> i said harry reid was winning as well. it's one of these sad situations in politics where the truth is kind of besides the point. when you're talking about who's winning and losing, harry reid has kept it in the headlines and that's what he wanted to do and every day we talk about it mitt romney is losing. >> always good to see you. next a happy birthday to a true original. powerful and secure cloud.ually that cloud is in the network, so it can deliver all the power of the...
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you guys ever heard of a guy named harry reid? okay. you have. i rest my case. >> apparently, yeah. >> yeah, i guess so. but the point is it takes leadership. president obama has given us four budgets, each and every one of these budgets ducked the tough issues aung no solution in sight. he punted leadership, the senate hasn't led. we're still living under that obama budget from 2009 that paved the way for obama care and everything else. we're going to follow the law, lead, introduce a budget that solves this problem. we need kelly to have more help in the senate, and courageous people who serve in the senate, we're going to fix this mess before it gets out of our control. >> i'm going to underscore one thing. the role of leadership. i hope you have experienced that in your homes. you've seen it in your state here, there's time when there's strong leadership and you can get things done. there's other times when you haven't seen the leadership you need. the president the other day was he said they know where my office is. you've got to be kidding,
you guys ever heard of a guy named harry reid? okay. you have. i rest my case. >> apparently, yeah. >> yeah, i guess so. but the point is it takes leadership. president obama has given us four budgets, each and every one of these budgets ducked the tough issues aung no solution in sight. he punted leadership, the senate hasn't led. we're still living under that obama budget from 2009 that paved the way for obama care and everything else. we're going to follow the law, lead,...
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we will ask her what it's like had harry reid called up to say sorry. he has a reservoir with goodwill, not only with the president but with african-americans and civil rights activists. he is up for re-election this year. is it a stumble back home? does it hurt him back home? he will need high african-americans and latinos to turn out and help him. >> something else that we are watching today, you have been all throughout this country, in fact on a 50-state tour of the nation. you finally went to the final stop. tell us about it. >> the 50th straight for our tour. we didn't do them in a particular order. but wyoming. we have been out there watching people sadly deal with the recession and unemployment. we have watched people about to deploy and just back from afghanistan. we have single mothers across the country, and we think it's helped the program. we made it our mission to connect the dots and go out to every state in the country, and we touched them all now and say when they debate things here in washington, how does it feel? does it have the impa
we will ask her what it's like had harry reid called up to say sorry. he has a reservoir with goodwill, not only with the president but with african-americans and civil rights activists. he is up for re-election this year. is it a stumble back home? does it hurt him back home? he will need high african-americans and latinos to turn out and help him. >> something else that we are watching today, you have been all throughout this country, in fact on a 50-state tour of the nation. you...
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>> i said harry reid was winning as well. it's one of these sad situations in politics where the truth is kind of besides the point. when you're talking about who's winning and losing, harry reid has kept it in the headlines and that's what he wanted to do and every day we talk about it mitt romney is losing. >> always good to see you. next a happy birthday to a true original. because it matters. at hp we don't just believe in the power of technology. we believe in the power of people when technology works for you. to dream. to create. to work. if you're going to do something. make it matter. homicide of young people in america has an impact on all of us. how can we save these young people's lives? as a police chief, i have an opportunity to affect what happens in a major city. if you want to make a difference, you have to have the right education. university of phoenix opened the door. my name is james craig, i am committed to making a difference, and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu to find the program that's right for you
>> i said harry reid was winning as well. it's one of these sad situations in politics where the truth is kind of besides the point. when you're talking about who's winning and losing, harry reid has kept it in the headlines and that's what he wanted to do and every day we talk about it mitt romney is losing. >> always good to see you. next a happy birthday to a true original. because it matters. at hp we don't just believe in the power of technology. we believe in the power of...
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has been a terrible weekend for harry reid. i just got off the phone with his office. as kate is reporting they are adamant he has no plans to leave his leadership post. he will stay as majority leader. now, the problem is back home in nevada a new poll has come out this weekend that shows he has a 52% approval rating and losing right now, randi, to three basically unknown republicans. these are not superstars, heavyweights in nevada. if he were to run against any three of them he would lose re-election. he's going to spend upwards of $25 million, his office tells us, to win re-election. harry reid right now should be very thankful that president obama came out, randi, and immediately said he accepted his apology but he has bigger issues back home. >> a lot of people today coming out swinging against harry reid. one of those is republican party chair michael steele. let's play this sound bite from him earlier today on fox. we'll talk about it right after. >> the reality of it is this. there is this standard where democrats feel that they can say these things and they c
has been a terrible weekend for harry reid. i just got off the phone with his office. as kate is reporting they are adamant he has no plans to leave his leadership post. he will stay as majority leader. now, the problem is back home in nevada a new poll has come out this weekend that shows he has a 52% approval rating and losing right now, randi, to three basically unknown republicans. these are not superstars, heavyweights in nevada. if he were to run against any three of them he would lose...
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certainly trying to silence that voice from harry reid. romney has been getting heat from conservatives. we heard ann romney to just back off, this is such an important election. what is mitt romney saying about all the criticism? >> mitt romney is pushing back as well. let's look at some of these numbers he's pushing back against. there from been a slew of polls in the states. look at our cnn poll of polls. in ohio, crucial battle ground state. mitt romney is trailing barack obama by about 5 points. virginia, another important state that the president won four years ago, mitt romney would like to grab back, he's down by 6 points in our average. wisconsin, where paul ryan is from, down by 9 points. mitt romney was interviewed last night. listen to what he said. >> you are slipping in the polls at this moment. at love republicans are concerned about this campaign. you bill yourself as a turn around artist. how are you going to turn this campaign around? >> actually, we're tied in the poll. we're all within the margin of error. we bounce aro
certainly trying to silence that voice from harry reid. romney has been getting heat from conservatives. we heard ann romney to just back off, this is such an important election. what is mitt romney saying about all the criticism? >> mitt romney is pushing back as well. let's look at some of these numbers he's pushing back against. there from been a slew of polls in the states. look at our cnn poll of polls. in ohio, crucial battle ground state. mitt romney is trailing barack obama by...
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but refuse to go negotiate is an untenable position and, frankly, by refusing to negotiate, harry reid and the president are putting our country on a pretty dangerous path. listen. there has never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. never. >> so what did the president say during that phone conversation? our senior white house correspondent jim atocosta is standing by at the white house. what is the white house saying about the phone call, jim? >> reporter: it's interesting to note, wolf, that the president's phone call to house speaker john boehner came shortly after the remarks from the house speaker earlier this morning. white house officials saying the president essentially told the speaker we are where we are right now, that the president is not going to negotiate larger issues like the budget or health care until this threat of a government shutdown and a debt default have been resolved. so that is where things stand right now. really no progress versus, you know, day seven, date eight is not that much different, wolf, at this point, but the
but refuse to go negotiate is an untenable position and, frankly, by refusing to negotiate, harry reid and the president are putting our country on a pretty dangerous path. listen. there has never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over the debt limit. never. >> so what did the president say during that phone conversation? our senior white house correspondent jim atocosta is standing by at the white house. what is the white house saying about the phone call, jim?...
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. >>> it's mitt romney versus h r harry reid. the senate majority leader said an unnamed investor at romney's former private equity firm bain capital told him that romney had not paid taxes for a decade. cnn political editor paul steinhouser joining me. how is he firing back and how can he do this short of releasing his tax returns. >> which he won't do. he is firing back forcefully. this started earlier in the week when the senate majority leader accused mitt romney of not paying his taxes in prior years. he went on the senate floor to say the same thing. take a listen yesterday on the senate floor. >> the words out he hasn't been any taxes for ten years. let him move he has paid taxes because he hasn't. >> harry reid says it's a credible source but he won't name the source. mitt romney firing back today. he was in las vegas, nevada for a campaign event. he held a media availability after that. he was asked and he said show your cards. take a listen. >> harry reid has to put up or shut up. harry, who are your sources? let's have
. >>> it's mitt romney versus h r harry reid. the senate majority leader said an unnamed investor at romney's former private equity firm bain capital told him that romney had not paid taxes for a decade. cnn political editor paul steinhouser joining me. how is he firing back and how can he do this short of releasing his tax returns. >> which he won't do. he is firing back forcefully. this started earlier in the week when the senate majority leader accused mitt romney of not...
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harry reid though, doesn't he owe an apology? >> no, i don't think so. i think if mitt had released all of the information, then he'd owe him an apology. i suspect harry reid is wrong. i don't think he was lying, i think he had a bad source. i think he would owe him an apology if mitt released all the detailed information. we don't know he didn't have a set of amended returns. we just don't know. >> i'm sure we can get answers on those things. there's only a certain period of time you can amend. one quick thing for everyone, it would be very standard for someone like mitt romney to file his tax returns october 15th would be the deadline because of a lot of the forms that come in. so not a stall. >> that's the thing, right? >> that's one point of view. i'm merely pointing out that the time of file is already. i'm sorry, mark, i got to leave it there, but i look forward to having you both back. you were great. still "outfront" as new anti-u.s. protests pop up, the american government is trying to calm down the crowds with a new television ad. this is a mas
harry reid though, doesn't he owe an apology? >> no, i don't think so. i think if mitt had released all of the information, then he'd owe him an apology. i suspect harry reid is wrong. i don't think he was lying, i think he had a bad source. i think he would owe him an apology if mitt released all the detailed information. we don't know he didn't have a set of amended returns. we just don't know. >> i'm sure we can get answers on those things. there's only a certain period of time...
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you've seen harry reid's response. he says these returns raise more questions about mitt romney's finances but the fact is, the evidence out there suggests the senator was wrong, that reid was wrong when he claimed that romney had paid no taxes for ten years. there's no evidence of that. >> well, look, he said i'm sure we're going to get this guy's name before it's over, the offshore cayman islands swiss bank account deal that romney was in, and that he didn't pay any taxes. that's what he was basing it on. we only see two years of tax returns, by the way. that's all we see. he's paying 12% of the federal tax. so he won't be -- he won't tell us what his tax returns are prior to this. he has a history of putting out false information about tax returns when he ran for governor of massachusetts. so i think there are a lot of doubts that are raised here but after you call 47% of the people in the united states slackers, there's not much more you can do to sort of hurt yourself, to be honest with you. >> it's not what he sa
you've seen harry reid's response. he says these returns raise more questions about mitt romney's finances but the fact is, the evidence out there suggests the senator was wrong, that reid was wrong when he claimed that romney had paid no taxes for ten years. there's no evidence of that. >> well, look, he said i'm sure we're going to get this guy's name before it's over, the offshore cayman islands swiss bank account deal that romney was in, and that he didn't pay any taxes. that's what...
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harry reid tries to redouble the bet and now i actually want you to roll back the sequester. at some point you have to understand this is a profound fight over the size of the federal government, the size of the federal deficit, and whether or not washington is going to run the whole country incompetently as it has with the health.gov. amazon and google, the u.s. government can't figure out how to put up a site you can go to? this is a sign of how fundamentally incompetent the bureaucracy is. >> some of the states have done a little better actually than the federal website has done. i want to play you quickly in reference to the gop brand, which we do know in polls has at least taken a current hit, and something i asked senator ted cruz last week. >> do you think you have hurt the republican party brand? >> not remotely. >> is this man being unfairly targeted by colleagues as well as by democrats? and do you think the tea party or those who ascribe to tea party values has an outsized influence right now in the republican party? >> ted cruz is a very aggressive articulator of
harry reid tries to redouble the bet and now i actually want you to roll back the sequester. at some point you have to understand this is a profound fight over the size of the federal government, the size of the federal deficit, and whether or not washington is going to run the whole country incompetently as it has with the health.gov. amazon and google, the u.s. government can't figure out how to put up a site you can go to? this is a sign of how fundamentally incompetent the bureaucracy is....
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as for harry reid, well, you put up, he says. in a statement thursday nigh, reid called his source at bane extremely credible. but he still did not name him. he also said romney could resolve the whole matter by being more transparent. but to john mccain, harry, it's really all about you. >> to accuse someone of doing something without a shred of proof, that the allegation has any substance, is really something i frankly don't understand. i think politics are tough, and i enjoy the give-and-take, but i think harry might have gone over the line here. >> did harry reid cross the line? and if so, brings us to our talkback question. should harry reid put up or shut up? facebook.com/carolcnn. your comments late they are hour. >>> when it comes to the middle class, which presidential candidate is the best man for the job? one group says it's not mitt romney. why that's now sparking a war of words over taxes. [ music play] hi, i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water, i'm differen
as for harry reid, well, you put up, he says. in a statement thursday nigh, reid called his source at bane extremely credible. but he still did not name him. he also said romney could resolve the whole matter by being more transparent. but to john mccain, harry, it's really all about you. >> to accuse someone of doing something without a shred of proof, that the allegation has any substance, is really something i frankly don't understand. i think politics are tough, and i enjoy the...
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you think harry reid is a dirty liar? >> i just said it. >> "the wall street journal" also weighed in in an editorial. and i'm quoting from the editorial. like the obama campaign, mr. reid wants to change the conversation from the lousy economy and unpopular democratic policies while destroying mr. romney personally. end quote. a republican strategist is joining us now from washington and cnn contributor from michigan. welcome to you both. >> thank you very much. good morning, carol. >> good morning. so the wall street journal seems to be right, this whole anonymous source thing is sucking up the political air. is calling reid a dirty liar going to make it go away? >> well, i think you see the frustration of republicans in harry reid's attack. it's unsubstantiated. it isn't backed up. republicans know every day that the democrats are making these charges against romney is one day less they're talking about the economy. however, they felt the need to push back on this issue because if they don't then seeds start to grow an
you think harry reid is a dirty liar? >> i just said it. >> "the wall street journal" also weighed in in an editorial. and i'm quoting from the editorial. like the obama campaign, mr. reid wants to change the conversation from the lousy economy and unpopular democratic policies while destroying mr. romney personally. end quote. a republican strategist is joining us now from washington and cnn contributor from michigan. welcome to you both. >> thank you very much....
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because i see that statement from harry reid and want to throw my hands up in the air. obviously, he wants to get rid of the tax cuts for middle class americans and raise them for everybody else. that's his point of view, but it would seem when the cbo comes out with something like this, the first thing that you want out of your leader isn't just to go out with the line in the sand that you've drawn that hasn't worked so far. >> it is disappointing. i think there are really three things to take away from this. first, it's a very big deal. i cannot remember the last time the congressional budget office predicted a recession. for them to do so is really quite an extraordinary moment. the second thing is that they said two things. they said it would be a good idea to avoid the fiscal cliff and a recession but they also said it would be good to avoid the cliff and take care of our long-term debt problems. that leaves us with number three which is the state of play and the house has, in fact, passed legislation to substitute the sequester and they will pass an extension of t
because i see that statement from harry reid and want to throw my hands up in the air. obviously, he wants to get rid of the tax cuts for middle class americans and raise them for everybody else. that's his point of view, but it would seem when the cbo comes out with something like this, the first thing that you want out of your leader isn't just to go out with the line in the sand that you've drawn that hasn't worked so far. >> it is disappointing. i think there are really three things...
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harry reid's working with the white house. the house as i understand it keeps passing budgets, sending them to the senate and they die. so i don't know what he's talking about. we need to have a budgets every year, okay, tell your friend harry to get a budget. you do control the senate. you do control the white house. there are still some democrats left in the house. there is some french republicans left in the house to go along with you. >> i wanted to ask, what exactly is a french republican? >> a french republican is a republican who beats up on conservatives and is constantly praising the democrats and contributing to the massive spending in this country while they go home and pretend otherwise. >> okay. why french? >> i could have said worse. i could have said worse, but french seemed fine to me. >> let me ask you a question about not so much the government shutdown which might happen come midnight monday, as monday becomes tuesday, but -- >> can i ask you something? >> sure. of course. >> what happens when the government
harry reid's working with the white house. the house as i understand it keeps passing budgets, sending them to the senate and they die. so i don't know what he's talking about. we need to have a budgets every year, okay, tell your friend harry to get a budget. you do control the senate. you do control the white house. there are still some democrats left in the house. there is some french republicans left in the house to go along with you. >> i wanted to ask, what exactly is a french...
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so harry reid -- senator harry reid, frankly, is going to try to weather the storm, which is why you saw him reiterate his issues in terms of cutting it out on the las vegas strip. he knows come monday, this is still going to be out there. so it's not just going to simply die away because the president simply said, i accept his apology. >> roland martin, i know you have a flight to catch. we'll let you go. thanks again for joining us. >> randi, appreciate it. >>> buckling down to fight the yemen threat. the head of u.s. central command is talking about long-term commitment to battle al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >>> a slice of paradise or a dangerous piece of propaganda? how the taliban are allegedly using pictures like these to lure children into the battle. i switched to a complete multivitamin with more. only one a day men's 50+ advantage... has gingko for memp$y and concentration. plus support for heart health. ( crowd roars ) that's a great call. one a day men's. announcer: there's an easier way. create your own business site with intuit websites. just choose a style, then
so harry reid -- senator harry reid, frankly, is going to try to weather the storm, which is why you saw him reiterate his issues in terms of cutting it out on the las vegas strip. he knows come monday, this is still going to be out there. so it's not just going to simply die away because the president simply said, i accept his apology. >> roland martin, i know you have a flight to catch. we'll let you go. thanks again for joining us. >> randi, appreciate it. >>> buckling...
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. >> i want to ask you about something, james, harry reid said today. he's claiming a bain investor whose identity he would not reveal told him romney didn't pay any taxes at all for a decade. to publicly make that claim based on a single anonymous source, is the majority leader out of line there? >> i don't know. look, there was an op-ed piece by a former tax policy deputy secretary of treasury "new york times" in the today speculating all over the place that romney used these offshore accounts in the bahamas or switzerland or wherever it is to avoid paying civic taxes on some of his retirement accounts or kids' accounts or something like that. there's a way that romney can show harry reid's not telling the truth. release the returns. he released them so john mccain can see them. why can't the american people see them? >> mary? >> anderson, it's one thing for a campaign hack to call ridiculously call the nominee for the republican ticket a felon. it's quite another for the sitting senate majority leader. romney has put out his taxes. the years that he
. >> i want to ask you about something, james, harry reid said today. he's claiming a bain investor whose identity he would not reveal told him romney didn't pay any taxes at all for a decade. to publicly make that claim based on a single anonymous source, is the majority leader out of line there? >> i don't know. look, there was an op-ed piece by a former tax policy deputy secretary of treasury "new york times" in the today speculating all over the place that romney used...
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how did harry reid do it? he brought out minority voters in force for harry reid. other exit polling shows interesting figures. moderates, 65% to 61%. if you get down into the weeds of the exiting polling, it's in terms of how people satisfied with the obama administration. people somewhat dissatisfied, 48% for reid and 48% for angle. people unhappy with the president's handling of the job in the state voted for reid. he holds a press conference later today to get back to the business of the senate democrats in washington. he was on "american morning" earlier this morning striking a bipartisan tone and talked about wanting to work together with the republicans in washington. >> all of us who are going to be in the senate have to work together. that's the message from the american people. we must work together. and, i am looking forward to that. i have a good relationship with mitch mcconnell, i have known john boehner for many years and a time to set aside the speeches and start rolling up our sleeves and have a little sweat on our brow. >> reporter: well, you hear
how did harry reid do it? he brought out minority voters in force for harry reid. other exit polling shows interesting figures. moderates, 65% to 61%. if you get down into the weeds of the exiting polling, it's in terms of how people satisfied with the obama administration. people somewhat dissatisfied, 48% for reid and 48% for angle. people unhappy with the president's handling of the job in the state voted for reid. he holds a press conference later today to get back to the business of the...
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what we do in a democracy. >> have a vote, harry reid. that's the republicans' plan, have a vote on that. you've been in charge of that how long and have you brought a jobs plan to the floor? no. 888 days without a budget because of the democrats. >> we're not going to move forward. i want to change the subject as we close. look at the latest polling in the race. governor perry came down and herman cain the businessman came up. romney, 25%, cain at 16%, perry at 16%. when you're doing better in the polls, you try to get even more of a bounce. you do things like go on "the view." >> you're an associate pastor at your church. are you going to separate that from you have to run a country with a lot of people with a lot of different beliefs. >> i will base my decision based on the cushion onstitution of t united states of america. that's what the president has a responsibility to do. >> that's what obama said, too. >> we saw him on "the view," a whole bunch of other interviews. is this lasting or is this just his 15 minutes? >> i'm starting t
what we do in a democracy. >> have a vote, harry reid. that's the republicans' plan, have a vote on that. you've been in charge of that how long and have you brought a jobs plan to the floor? no. 888 days without a budget because of the democrats. >> we're not going to move forward. i want to change the subject as we close. look at the latest polling in the race. governor perry came down and herman cain the businessman came up. romney, 25%, cain at 16%, perry at 16%. when you're...
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mitt romney didn't even try to hide his disgust with harry reid. >> harry reid really has to put up or shut up, all right. so, harry, who are your sources? >> reporter: what romney wants reid to put up or more likely shut up about is this unsubstantiated claim. >> the word's out he hasn't paid any taxes for ten years. let him prove that he has paid taxes because he hasn't. >> reporter: let's be clear, that word is out because reid himself put it out there, multiple times. he says he got the information from an investor at bain capital, romney's former firm. reid refuses to say more than that. and also refuses to back down saying in a statement "as i said before, i was told by an extremely credible source that romney has not paid taxes for ten years. people who make as much money as romney have many tricks at their disposal to avoid paying taxes." reid won't reveal his source and romney won't release his tax records. he insists he paid his taxes. >> let me say categorically, i have paid taxes every year. and a lot of taxes. a lot of taxes. so harry is simply wrong. >> reporter: the sena
mitt romney didn't even try to hide his disgust with harry reid. >> harry reid really has to put up or shut up, all right. so, harry, who are your sources? >> reporter: what romney wants reid to put up or more likely shut up about is this unsubstantiated claim. >> the word's out he hasn't paid any taxes for ten years. let him prove that he has paid taxes because he hasn't. >> reporter: let's be clear, that word is out because reid himself put it out there, multiple...
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and to hear it from harry reid is one thing. to hear it from mitch mcconnell, the republican leader, is another. very, very critical moment here for several reasons. one is because it is the republicans that are -- they're the ones who are probably going to have to give, particularly when it comes ultimately to the house of representatives led by republicans who, of course, have been trying to force at the beginning of this, the defunding of obama care, delay of obama care. they're the ones who want to feel comfortable that their brethren in the senate led by mitch mcconnell are carrying their water at least as much as they can. the fact that mitch mcconnell sounded so positive is indicative they feel good they can get what everybody hopes in the senate will be a big bipartisan vote in order to maybe -- maybe the senate would say force john boehner's hand or even more generally, make it impossible for the conservatives who are probably going to be opposed to anything that's worked out in the senate, make it impossible for them t
and to hear it from harry reid is one thing. to hear it from mitch mcconnell, the republican leader, is another. very, very critical moment here for several reasons. one is because it is the republicans that are -- they're the ones who are probably going to have to give, particularly when it comes ultimately to the house of representatives led by republicans who, of course, have been trying to force at the beginning of this, the defunding of obama care, delay of obama care. they're the ones who...